Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:55:46 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> To: "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buying a new laptop Message-ID: <8a0028260703280855n3bd8e156kef3a2ed6251b5816@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <460A8731.9030509@psg.com> References: <20070327191946.GA39413@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <rmi3b3p1r7w.fsf@fnord.ir.bbn.com> <460A80D8.3070503@psg.com> <8a0028260703280757k1a669304qaf08e108aff7ae7e@mail.gmail.com> <460A8731.9030509@psg.com>
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On 28/03/07, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote: > > I on the other hand really like Fujitsu Siemens laptops - reliable, > > fast, good looking > > have you needed to have one repaired yet? and don't tell me you won't; > we all wish. when it needed to be repaired, what was your experience? Yes and no. Unfortunately I killed it through accidental damage, and the warranty I paid for didn't cover AD. So I can't really blame them or the shop I bought it from (who were the warrantors), and can't tell what support was like either. I didn't need software support from them, though, and I suspect it's unlikely would have been able to give me any, since at the first opportunity I installed Linux on it, junking WinXP Home. (I would have installed FreeBSD but I need wireless support, and neither the inbuilt broadcome WLAN card nor the DLink DWLG650 worked with it - though I suspect it was a Cardbus issue. Unfortunately I didn't have any other cards to test it with.) Jeff > > there are a lot of really sweet reliable, fast, good looking laptops. > if your work life depends on one, support becomes a top of the list > differentiator.
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